Conference proceeding
Understanding the Effect of Existing Positive Relationships on a Social Motion-based Game for Health
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH EAI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERVASIVE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTHCARE (PERVASIVEHEALTH 2018)
01 Jan 2018
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Abstract
In this paper, we present the iterative design of StepQuest, a Fitbit-based social motion-based game for health (MGH) to sustain physical activity (PA) and support extended play. We conducted two 6-week user studies (n=24) to evaluate the effectiveness of the game to promote PA for an extended period of time as well as the role of existing social relationship. Our findings indicate that a pre-existing positive relationship (e.g., friendship) has a positive impact on players' PA levels when they play a social MGH, compared to strangers, and that this effect was amplified when more gameplay actions were available. However, our results also show that overall PA levels declined for both groups in week 4, and that preexisting social relationship and a variety of gameplay actions are not enough to sustain long-term motivation for PA. Based on these results and drawing from game design literature, we present a list of design implications including less-discussed key topics such as game balancing.
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- Title
- Understanding the Effect of Existing Positive Relationships on a Social Motion-based Game for Health
- Creators
- Karina Caro - Drexel UniversityYuanyuan Feng - Drexel UniversityTimothy Day - Drexel UniversityEvan Freed - Drexel UniversityBoyd Fox - Drexel UniversityJichen Zhu - Drexel UniversityACM
- Publication Details
- PROCEEDINGS OF THE 12TH EAI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERVASIVE COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES FOR HEALTHCARE (PERVASIVEHEALTH 2018)
- Series
- International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare
- Publisher
- Assoc Computing Machinery
- Number of pages
- 11
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Digital Media; Arts and Entertainment Enterprise
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000614057600010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85116361719
- Other Identifier
- 991019167655004721
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- Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
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